SV: Re: The Mad Man
Henrick Pålsson <[email protected]>
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Steve M <[email protected]> skrev: I think that's one of those questions that rarely is of much value with fiction. As you read Delany's explanation of "Write what you know" in his book "About Writing" it becomes clear how slippery this question is. >I have his book about writing not yet read, as I said now I read The Mad Man which is very good. And I have read The Motion on light in Water and a few things I remember similar to the mad man. Its why I asked the Q. What can be said: Certainly the descriptions of New York City are informed by Delany's own observation of that city. Certainly the fact that his current lover was homeless informed his portraits of homeless men in the story. Certainly his visits to adult movie houses informed that portion of the book. And certainly his recent career in various universities informed his writing about those aspects of the book and about the characters that come from or pass through that milieu. However, "informed by" is different from "based on." In the same way, some of the experiences in Delany's triadic relationship with Marilyn Hacker and Bob Folsom certainly informed some of the dynamics of the relationship of Kidd, Lanya, and Denny in Dhalgren, but Kidd, Lanya and Denny are not Delany, Hacker and Folsom. There is no simple one-to-one correspondence. >His books 1984 and Time Square red, time square blue I shall buy soon. And I looking forwad to read them too as those fiction and non-fiction I already have read. Dhalgren I have but havent read that yet, so big... One Q too does Delany write in a news paper which I can read online? And do you know any great site, I know one, but many links on that are blank. H == Posted to delany-list, hosted at onelist^Wegroups^Wyahoo == == A mailing list for the discussion of the works of Samuel R. Delany. == --------------------------------- YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "delany-list" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Know an art & music fan? Make a donation in their honor this holiday season! http://us.click.yahoo.com/.6dcNC/.VHMAA/Zx0JAA/DtIolB/TM